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Heart Murmurs
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Yesterday my delivered a girl child whose approximate weight is 2.6 kgs and she was kept in icu due to some breathing problem ,today her doctor has informed me that murmur sound is coming from heart ,is it a cause to worry or not ,can I please tell
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Many murmurs may be normal in newborns but as you said she also had breathing problem
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It is very common that Murmur maybe heard by the doctor and many times such murmur goes away with increasing age of the child so just go for 2D echo which will tell whether it is a simple Murmur or a pathological one
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Dr. Amit P Ghawade
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Pune
Kindly ask for 2 D ECHO for better assessment and management
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